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Averøy Municipality

municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Summary

Averøy Municipality is a municipality of Norway[1]. It draws 149 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of norway category, ranking #58 of 360).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Møre og Romsdal[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Head of government: Ingrid Ovidie Rangønes[5]
  • Capital: Bruhagen[6]
  • Shares border with: Kristiansund Municipality[7], Gjemnes Municipality[8], Hustadvika Municipality[9]
  • Main regulatory text: Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[10]
  • Twinned administrative body: Kokkola[11]
  • Commons category: Averøy[12]
  • Archives at: Interkommunalt arkiv for Møre og Romsdal[13]
  • Inception: January 1, 1964[14]
  • Highest point: Mekknøken[15]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Norwegian Sea[16]
  • Significant event: boundary change[17]
  • Official website: https://www.averoy.kommune.no/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Averøy Municipality[19]
  • Population: 5826[20], 5788[21], 5808[22], 5828[23], 5872[24], 5955[25], 5992[26], 6007[27]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Averøy[28]
  • Replaces: Kornstad Municipality[29], Kvernes Municipality[30], Bremsnes Municipality[31]
  • Number of households: 2536[32], 2161[33], 196[34], 89[35], 48[36], 42[37]
  • Demonym: averøing[38], averøying[39], pekaill[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Averøy[41]
  • Area: 176 km²[42], 175.67898504816912 km²[43], 718.5763203764225 km²[44], 542.8973353282533 km²[45], 67.32705302689241 km²[46], 0 km²[47], 2.790063228301378 km²[48], 0.01791931031410822 km²[49], 13.778327662043159 km²[50], 70.31695909050748 km²[51], 20.684082164652118 km²[52], 0.5569702564322502 km²[53], 0.020219619527547077 km²[54], 0.1873906894986565 km²[55]
  • Has list: Grunnkretser i Averøy kommune[56]
  • Language used: Bokmål[57], Nynorsk[58]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[59]

Why It Matters

Averøy Municipality has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Q76137154. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Housing conditions for Norway 2018. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . sprakradet.no. sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . sprakrad.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . kartverket.no. kartverket.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bjn', 'bpy', 'ca', 'ceb', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr'
    Sitelink count → 42
    Highest point → Mekknøken
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  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language used → Bokmål, Nynorsk
    Capital → Bruhagen
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Averøy
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Møre og Romsdal
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